In the course of the WWDC 2025 keynote, Apple unveiled a giant design revamp for iOS 26, the successor to iOS 18. The Liquid Glass redesign takes loads from visionOS, and adopts a glass-like clear search for key UI components. Three apps which have benefited from this new look are Digicam, Pictures, and FaceTime.
The Digicam app streamlines controls
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The Digicam app particularly has been in want of streamlining for some time, and Apple has made an try to handle it, and the Pictures app, which already acquired a redesign final 12 months, now has a bit extra refinement with iOS 26, beginning with a brand new icon, which appears fairly a bit just like the digicam lens from Apple’s good outdated Aperture for Mac. It is a important enchancment over the reasonably generic iOS Digicam icon that is been round for a number of years.
Apple has additionally given the Digicam app a simplified design, which highlights simply the 2 buttons, one for photographs and the opposite for movies. Tapping these buttons opens up extra choices, which makes it simpler to navigate. Once you’re within the Movies tab, you’ll be able to swipe to entry completely different video modes, and the identical factor applies to the Pictures tab. You may see the Liquid Glass design present up whenever you’re making an attempt to pick video recording modes, for instance.
The Pictures app builds on that controversial redesign
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The Pictures app additionally has a number of neat adjustments for iOS 26, constructing upon the adjustments within the controversial overhaul the app acquired final 12 months. The largest change, apart from the Liquid Glass UI, is the positioning of the buttons. Apple has moved the search button to the bottom-right nook of the show, the place you’ll be able to really faucet it with out stretching your finger like a yogi. Two different buttons, Library and Collections, are within the bottom-left nook, and all three buttons observe the Liquid Glass design, clearly.
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FaceTime strikes issues round
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FaceTime additionally has embraced iOS 26’s Liquid Glass redesign. All the decision controls buttons have been moved to the underside proper, which is a welcome change given how massive iPhones have turn into over time. The FaceTime photograph (aka screenshot) button has moved to the top-right, and the buttons fade out as soon as the decision begins, however you’ll be able to faucet the display screen to entry them once more.
